In Bring Back the Bureaucrats, John J. DiIulio Jr., one of Americaâs most respected political scientists and an adviser to presidents in both parties, summons the facts and statistics to show us how Americaâs big government actually works and why reforms that include adding a million more people to the federal workforce by 2035 might actually help to slow governmentâs growth while improving its performance. Starting from the underreported reality that the size of the federal workforce hasnât increased since the early 1960s even though the federal budget has skyrocketed and the number of federal programs has ballooned, Bring Back the Bureaucrats tells us what our elected leaders wonât: there simply are not enough federal workers to do work thatâs critical to our democracy. Government in America, DiIulio reveals, is Leviathan by Proxy, a grotesque form of debt-financed big government that guarantees bad government. Washington relies on state and local governments, for-profit firms, and nonprofit organizations to implement federal policies and programs. Big-city mayors, defense industry contractors, nonprofit executives, and other federal proxies lobby incessantly for more federal spending. The proxy system chokes on chores such as cleaning up toxic waste sites, caring for hospitalized veterans, collecting taxes, handling plutonium, and policing more than $100 billion annually in âimproper payments.â The lack of competent, well-trained federal civil servants resulted in the failed federal response to Hurricane Katrina and the troubled launch of Obamacare's âhealth exchanges.â Bring Back the Bureaucrats is further distinguished by the presence of E. J. Dionne Jr. and Charles Murray, two of the most astute voices from the political left and right, respectively, who offer their candid responses to DiIulio at the end of the book.
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